Hitachi VT-F382A owner manual To Control Both VCRs with the Remote Control

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Advanced Operations (Second VCR)

With another VCR hooked up, you can copy videotapes as needed, and you can get fancy with multimedia programming. For this discussion, we refer to the model VT-F382A Hitachi as VCR2 and the other unit as VCR1.

Hookup

To hook up a second VCR, you need:

A video cord with a single jack on each end, and An audio cord with two jacks on each end, or

A three-way cord that has both audio and video jacks

Study the back of VCR2 (VT-F382A) to find the two color-coded jacks that are labeled IN. The yellow jack is for video, red and white are for audio. Locate similar jacks on VCR1. Then, with the power off.

Connect VIDEO OUT on VCR2 to the yellow VIDEO IN on VCR1. Connect the AUDIO OUT jacks (left and right) on VCR2 to the AUDIO

IN

jacks (left and right) on VCR1. Be sure to match left to left (white) and right to right (red).

Second VCR Hookup

To Control Both VCRs with the Remote Control

If the second VCR that you've hooked up is also a Hitachi, you can set your remote to operate both VCRs.

Press GUIDE, then press 5 to bring up the Initial Setup screen.

The default setting on the Initial Setup screen is VCR1, for when you only have one VCR running.

Press 3 to set CODE to VCR2.

Press the VCR2 button on the remote before pressing GUIDE to exit the on-screen program.

With this setting, the remote control can now operate both VCRs. To switch control from one to the other, simply press VCR1 or VCR2 on the remote. When you press other function buttons (like PLAY, CHANNEL, etc.), the appropriate device button will light up to show which unit you are currently controlling. (Remember to aim the remote at the selected VCR.)

Copying from One VCR to Another (Dubbing)

Consider VCR1 the recording VCR, and VCR2 (VT-F382A) the playback VCR. You will play a tape on VCR2 and record it on VCR1. To begin copying:

Insert the videotape you wish to record in VCR2.

Insert a blank or erasable tape (with the safety tab intact) into VCR1. Press AVX on VCR1 - the LINE indicator will display.

Press REC on VCR1, and press PLAY on VCR2.

To monitor the picture as you record, VCR1 must be connected to your TV (follow instructions in the other VCR's manual). Press the VCR/TV button on the remote. The VCR indicator will light on VCRI's display and you can view the picture being recorded.

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